Natalie Portman, Jack Hanna
Showcase Rwandan Gorillas

Special to Air this Fall as Part of Emmy Award-Winning Series Saving A Species

The recent mysterious killings of four critically endangered gorillas in the Virunga National Park, bordering Rwanda and Congo, sent shockwaves through the international conservationist community. In a twist of fate, Animal Planet recently filmed a television special documenting gorillas from this region and their desperate struggle to survive.



Golden Globe winner and Oscar®-nominated actress Natalie Portman (Closer, Garden State, the Star Wars trilogy) partnered with Animal Planet to appear in this new special as part of her recent travels to Rwanda. There, she witnessed firsthand the plight of the diminishing number of gorillas in the region shortly before the recent accounts. Welcomed by the Rwandan government, Portman and animal icon Jack Hanna spotlight the gorillas – who so closely resemble humans – in an international effort to bring attention to their dire crisis. GORILLAS ON THE BRINK, slated to air this fall as part of Animal Planet’s Emmy® Award-winning series SAVING A SPECIES, is an intimate journey through the mysterious lives of these endangered primates.



“Meeting the gorillas is indescribable, and I was unbelievably honored to be in their presence. It’s absolutely critical that we do something to save these beautiful animals. I hope the television special will help make the world take notice before it’s too late,” said Portman, who is a life-long environmental advocate and animal lover. “The Rwandese people, their beautiful land, and my experience with the gorillas have made a huge impact on me.”



Hanna, television personality and director, emeritus, of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, was Portman's guide during the once-in-a-lifetime trek through a nation trying to heal and overcome its infamous history. Portman also took part in a gorilla-naming ceremony while in Rwanda and helped name an orphaned baby gorilla. With less than 700 gorillas left in the wild, the documentary shows how the government and people of Rwanda are fighting to keep this revered population from diminishing even further.



Marjorie Kaplan, president and general manager of Animal Planet & Discovery Kids Media, also journeyed to Rwanda for the gorilla-naming ceremony with Natalie and the crew. “We're rushing the show through production to bring the gorillas’ story to the attention of the world as quickly as humanly possible. The heroic efforts of the country of Rwanda and the many trackers, guides, conservationists and vets who are striving to make a difference deserve to be seen.”



SAVING A SPECIES: GORILLAS ON THE BRINK is produced for Animal Planet & Discovery Kids Media by Spectrum Productions. Guy Nickerson is the executive producer for Spectrum Productions, and Melinda Toporoff is the executive producer for Animal Planet and Discovery Kids Media. The SAVING A SPECIES series won an Emmy Award for its most recent special THE GREAT PENGUIN RESCUE with Elijah Wood.

Lash Luxury

On a daily basis BeansTalk typically will opt for a deeper shade of lipstick for a pop pf color rather than eyeshadow. Given this, we really try to bring our eyes out with liner and mascara alone. We aren’t afraid to splurge on such make up essentials as the eyes are often the first feature that is noticed when making a first impression. We just discovered, from Tarte’s new Fall 2007 Health Couture Collection the Rejuvelash lash exhilarating 3-piece set. The signature Tarte elegant purple packaging is only the beginning of its charms. Read on:

Rejuvelash includes:

The new Take Two declumping lash exhilarator which is designed to:
Treat: ProVitamin B5 and a cocktail of herbal hair restoratives such as aloe improve the texture of eyelash hair to increase suppleness and prevent breakage so your lashes can reach their full potential
Protect: Proprietary antioxidant blend with Vitamin C acts as a film former to protect against cosmetic, environmental and free radical damage
Revive: give late day lashes a lift and get rid of clumps; unique emulsifying agents and this patented flexible bristle brush gently to eliminate clumps

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Lengthening: Rice bran, carnauba & candelilla wax extend the length of lashes
Curling: Synthetic film formers hold in curl
Volumizing: ProVitamin B5 treats and thickens lashes
Conditioning: Organic compounds derived from natural olive esters coat and treat lashes to protect against breakage

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Curved angle suits all eye shapes without pinching or crimping

Tarte’s Health Couture products are available beginning August 2007 and will retail at: www.tartecosmetics.com, www.sephora.com, www.beauty.com, Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman, or select Sephoras

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Love Your Skin with SeaOra

BeansTalk wears a little less make up during the summertime. We tend to spend a little more time outdoors and opt for a more natural look. For this reason we feel our skin needs to look its best. In order to maintain summer fresh skin we highly endorse investing in quality daily skin care products. We recently tried and love SeaOra’s cleanser and toner. The cleanser leaves our skin feeling super clean and smooth, and the toner seems to perk up skin that has been punished with too much sun. More details...

from their website:
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Enjoy a deep cleansing effect with our gentle, yet effective cleanser which dissolves make-up and removes all impurities from the skin, leaving it soft and comfortable. This light cleansing gel effortlessly washes away dirt, impurities and makeup leaving skin thoroughly clean. Natural moisturizers such as Lavender Oil and Evening Primrose Oil leave skin refreshed and hydrated. Your skin will tingle as this soap-less cleanser nourishes your face with Dead Sea Minerals and Vitamins C and A. Restores your skin's pH balance to its optimal state.
Directions: Apply to damp face and gently massage until a light lather is achieved. For best results use twice a day & follow with SeaOra Mineral Facial Toner.

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Direcetions: rub gently over the face and neck with cotton pad morning and night. On hot summer days, when circulation is more active, it may be used once again according to your needs.

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Kathy Griffin of "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" -- the gold standard to which all reality series should aspire.

Reality Check


(BeansTalk note: The following piece --there are several blog "chapters" to it-- is pretty much a rant...and we get pretty mean. Extremely honest, but mean, so if you are faint of heart, skip today's entry)


Speaking of Reality Check, someone needs to give some former teen idols a mirror! And to look at it, not at their waning handsomeness, but at what empty vile creatures they’ve become.

We’re very spoiled. We hold Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List as the standard for excellent celebriality programming. Griffin proves herself an ideal subject: she courts the media, she’s sharp as a tack, and she’s just so damn funny. She is also – and this is very important – extremely self-aware, or at least fairly self-aware. She sure comes across that way on her show.

None of the above accolades can be said for Scott Baio of Scott Baio is 45 …and Single or The Two Coreys – namely Corey Feldman and Corey Haim.

Now before we launch into our tiny rant of the day, let me just say that we (that’s me, the BeansTalk ME) have met and interviewed all of the above. Seriously. So we know of what we speak. We actually quite liked Scott Baio in our teens. But our love wasn't long-lasting. We quickly moved onto Timothy Van Patten (the only reason we watched White Shadow).

First off, let me just reveal the great big lie: Scott Baio is NOT 45…and Single. Baio – and this information is right from him – was born on 22 September 1960. His then- girlfriend Pam Anderson, when informed that we (he and I) share the same birthday (day NOT year), said, “Oh do you think of yourself as a Virgo or Libra? Scott and I are always arguing about that.”

Did you catch that in my digression? 1960. Which means in a month, Baio will be 47. Brooklyn Born Boy, oh-so-cute to full-fledged skanky guido, replete with mooks. There is Baio in a nutshell.

That said, let’s quickly evaluate this extraordinarily not-at-all spontaneous show. Should we say something good about him? He’s comfortable in front of the camera, so comfortable that he, without any sense of irony or embarrassment, is happy to talk about what a horrible, misanthropic creature he has been and still is

There’s little accountability in any of these man-boys (or boy-men) and there are dominant but fragile egos, all iced off with a huge dose of entitlement.

There are two aspects that almost render the show unwatchable – one is the show’s conceit, the “life coach” (in our opinion, a total crock) who so resembles a tranny we can barely stand it. “She” is fond of wearing tank tops that show off her sculpted, man-like arms. But beyond the body, it’s the face! We’re not the first to notice it. TMZ ran a photo of “Dr. Ali” right next to a pic of “All My Children’s” much-hyped first transgendered actor: Jennifer (formerly James) Boylan and the resemblance was uncanny.

Baio's "Life Coach" Alison Arnold

(photo right is from her website; photo left is tmz.com's take comparing "AMC's" watershed transgendered character to Arnold, seen in a screen grab of "Scott Baio is 45...and Single")

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The second aspect is the vile, sycophantic “comedian” (who has yet, in the five episodes I’ve seen been even a teeny tiny bit funny) Johnny V. V reveals himself in his most heinous pig-likeness in the episode where he “sets up” Baio with a pizza girl who is actually a stripper (the focus of the show is that Baio, per “Dr. Ali” has to stay celibate for two months/eight weeks.

But then, the episode before is pretty horrid, too: Baio and his pathetic posse jet over to Palm Springs in one of the sycophants’ Bentley and pick up a group of intoxicated girls out for a bachelorette party. The girls fairly quickly on tell Baio that they were five-years-old when “Charles in Charge” was on.

Now that we’ve revealed Baio for the liar he is (btw, spoiler! he is having a baby with Rene…thus effectively ruining the eight episode run of can he commit?), we have to add that the girls Baio has been with (they are peas in a pod, cut from the same mold, one dim blousy busty – very important to Baio, so he says – blonde after another), seem to kind of get what they’re asking for.

The question is Why? Well, it makes sense for Baio– he’s been out of the limelight for years, (and no, we didn’t forget his regular stint on “Diagnosis Murder”) he probably hopes this will secure him a place on the next season of “The Surreal Life.” And the network? Well, we watched it. But we have gone from having little-to-no opinion of Baio to thinking him a shell of a human being who’s left a string of confused and betrayed big-boobed blondes (many famous).

As for The Two Coreys, we really think there are probably enough fans from the mid-80s who still have a fond spot for the once teen idols. BTW, Baio was a teen idol (yup, in our youth), too. All three were plastered around Teen Bag, Tiger Beat, Teen Bean, 16 and the successors to those magazines.

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Like Baio’s show, The Two Coreys is pretty transparently contrived, scenarios obviously set up by busy producers.

For example, in Baio’s show, there’s a scene where he takes his girlfriend’s 17-year-old daughter to Kitson on Roberston (aka Nicole Richie’s, Paris Hilton’s and Lindsay Lohan’s favorite store, where paparazzi hang regularly). Within a few minutes of shopping and mild berating from the teen, a guy suddenly starts hitting on Baio’s young charge. While it is funny when he asks if Baio’s her dad, but it’s so obviously set up. No doubt this guy was trolling Robertson for celebutantes, visiting from out of town, and a producer probably approached him asking if he would do the bit.

The Two Coreys is very high concept – you can just hear the pitch…”here’s the thing, the two Coreys are reuniting – and this is the great thing – they’re contemporary Oscar and Felix, Feldman’s all set up with a much younger, hot wife, and Haim’s still all F’d up. Let’s have Haim move in with Feldman and let the sparks fly!” Feldman is vegan and a Peta activist; Haim loves him some meat!

Feldman, depicted as anal-y neat, is confidently married, a father, sober and living in a huge house. Haim, a slob, is still battling his addiction demons (and looks a mess. Feldman is very shiny and metrosexual).

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Last night’s premiering “Man Band” (chronicling the attempted comeback of four has-been former boy banders) again features once young men who experienced the blast of sudden fame. For them, and for Baio, Haim and Feldman, they’ve reached their pinnacle and are desperate to crawl at least half-way up.

These shows, at their very best, are a testament to why parents need to consider very, very carefully if they truly want their children in showbiz. You don’t even need these shows, you just need to tune into the latest pathetic exploits of Britney Spears or Lindsey Lohan.

Frankly, these series make us feel quite vindicated that we never allowed HRH, despite the many times he was scouted and actually accepted by a top modeling agency, to pursue show business. (It helps some that HRH has no interest in any kind of performing arts. We tease he doesn’t take direction well enough, anyway)

Feldman’s (extremely young and former fan) wife is Nicole Richie thin, but with voluminous breasts. The first episode features a photo hoot for Maxim or Stuff (one of those men’s magazines)

None of these “men” are interesting in an of themselves, but scripted narration, a pointed soundtrack, and careful editing have put something together that is almost watchable. But not quite. There may be a repeat of “Frasier” on.

Check local listings: "Mission Man Band" and "Scott Baio is 45...and Single" air, nearly everyday on VH1. "The Two Coreys" airs on A&E and the most excellent and highly recommended "Kathy Griffin My Life on the D-List" is on Bravo.



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Dance To Enhance is the newest weight loss and fitness system from World Champion Dancer and Fitness Professional Lisa Nunziella.

This multi-faceted DVD contains 4-sections of the 3 basic concepts of fitness. In the Weight Loss Section, you'll dance while you lose weight; in the Sculpting Section, you'll work toward achieving a lean dancers body; in the Strength Training Section, you'll get stronger and tighten up problem areas. And to start you off on the right foot, you'll enjoy a separate section where Lisa demonstrates each of the Dance Steps featured throughout the DVD.

Rachel Bilson

appears to be fillingo ut her Seven For All mankind Jeans a little better these days. Stay healthy, Rachel!

Wonderful Wonderland


BeansTalk’s contributing editor Lesley Althaus has long espoused the entertaining virtures of Burbank, Calif.-based Troubador Theater Company, so curiosity finally got the best of us.

We recently spent a delightful afternoon as audience members for the Falcon Theatre’s “Alice in One-Hit-Wonderland,” described by the Troubie rep as “a remix of the trippy Lewis Carroll tale to the tune of the greatest one-hit-wonders of all time.”

It did not disappoint. The music was catchy and instantly recognizable, and the troupe wove Carroll’s classic with the tunes of our youth. Even those in our group (there were two) too young to remember the songs were wholly entertained. LOL? You bet.

The trio of BeansTalkers consists of amateur theater attendees, but joining us were another trio of very experienced theater goers – the verdict? Five out of six resounding cheers! To be perfectly frank, our sixth is an accomplished comedy writer and – we think – jaded. While he certainly didn’t express any dislike, he lacked our enthusiastic response. Boo. HRH and his near-age pal were extraordinarily appreciative, barely able to suppress consisted laughter throughout the show.

The Valley heat was surprisingly less intense than usual, so our jaunt over the hill began and ended well. We finished off the evening with dinner at The Great Greek – all-in-all, we encourge any Southern California based readers to follow in suit.


Alice in One-Hit-Wonderland at the Falcon Theatre www.falcontheatre.com

BeansTalk Note: We just checked out the website and "Alice" is sold out! Well, certainly deservedly so. But from what our CE tells us and what we witnessed of the professional talented troupe, any of the Troubie shows should be considered. Truly a unique, fun and engaging appearance -- well enjoyed by audiences of varying ages.

Must See: Meerkat Manor

At the end of last season’s Animal Planet hit Meerkat Manor, the Whiskers were facing a long, harsh winter. Mozart’s pups had been killed by the Commandos, an enemy meerkat tribe that forced the Whiskers to abandon their home and admit defeat.

Now, in the third season of Meerkat Manor, the Whiskers stake new territory and are ready to start anew. Led by the dominant female Flower, the Whiskers face new rivalry in the form of the Zappa tribe – another meerkat mob best characterized as the neighbors from hell. No stranger to a good challenge, the Whiskers are ready to stand their ground.

Beginning Friday, August 10, at 8:30 PM ET/PT on Animal Planet, new drama unfolds in the Whiskers household, and life in the Kalahari takes a series of twists and turns. Viewers must be prepared to say farewell, as not all of the meerkats survive life on the manor. As new rivalries ensue and new mobs form, which meerkats come on top and which fall by the wayside? Find out this season on Meerkat Manor!

Hot Ticket

Fans of America’s hot summer show, “So You Think You Can Dance,” can see their favorite stars perform live as most tickets for this summer’s highly anticipated tour go on sale August 11 at 10 a.m. It was announced by 19 Entertainment chief executive and series creator Simon Fuller, co-creator Nigel Lythgoe and AEG. “So You Think You Can Dance” airs Wednesdays at 8:00 PM and Thursdays at 9:00 PM ET/PT on FOX.

Top Ten finalists participating include Kameron, Jaimie, Lauren, Neil, Sabra, Pasha, Dominic, Lacey, Danny and Sara. Due to overwhelming demand in its 2006 debut, the tour will waltz through fourteen more cities this year, playing 49 North American dates, and audiences can now see their favorite finalists command the stages of arenas.

Fuller, who created and executive-produces the FOX show, now in its third season, stated: “We are thrilled with the tremendous growth of the show and excited to take ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ across the country again to showcase this year’s world-class talent. Viewing the contestants performing on television does not even come close to experiencing them in-person. We look forward to having the country’s favorites hit the road, coming to a town near you.”

Events CenterTickets are available at most Ticketmaster locations, online at AEG Live.com or ticketmaster.com. Tickets subject to applicable service charges. Event time and date subject to change. Log on to fox.com/dance for full list of dates.

What a Kick

Sporting a grill is so five minutes ago. If you want to keep up with diamond flaunting celebrities (are you listening Fiddy?) or if you are Baron Trump no outfit is too casual to add a little reminder that you can afford the good life.

Kickbars are diamond-encrusted bars that brilliantly lace through shoelaces. (Does Akon even put shoelaces in his Nikes?) The actual bar is made of 24K white gold and comes in a pave or invisible setting. Inside the bar lay gorgeous round cut diamonds available in a variety of colors. Even on the most casual day, a cute pair of sneakers adorned with Kickbars, will out-bling any accessory.

With regard to personal style and preference, Kickbars are available in the following:
Jr. Kickbars - 24K white gold pave set -13 gm - 38 round cut diamonds - 1.5 carats
Kickbars - 24K white gold pave set - 18 gm - 54 round cut diamonds - 2.0 carats
Martin Kickbars – customized for those who bling to the beat of their own drum

Kickbars are about letting your personal style bling through, and thinking outside the fashion box. Kicks that sparkle with this brand-new accessory will immediately become the conversation piece of any event. Kickbars start at $6,500. For more information or to order please visit http://www.kickbars.com/

Dazzling Danes

Say what you will about Claire Danes being what used to be called (back in the day) a "maneater" (quick recap: Billy Crudup left seven-months pregnant Mary Louise Parker for Danes, his "Stage Beauty" co-star; Danes then dumped Crudup for British actor Hugh Dancy)...she knows how to glam up. Danes wore more $1 million dollars worth of Platinum jewelry by Neil Lane at the Los Angeles premiere of the film “Stardust” on July 29, 2007. She selected two Platinum and diamond bracelets and a cocktail ring.

Walsh Wows at Party

"Private Practice" star Kate Walsh sparkled in rare Platinum jewelry by Neil Lane at the “ABC Summer Press Tour Party” in Los Angeles on July 26th. Walsh selected a Platinum and diamond bracelet and drop earrings.

Paltrow Gets a Lift at Comi-Con

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, left, and actor Robert Downey Jr., right, arrive at at a panel discussion for the Marvel Studios film 'Iron Man' at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego, Saturday, July 28, 2007. Paltrow wore shoes by Alber Elbaz for Lanvin. For this event, Paltrow selected Lanvin’s silver python wedge and cone heels. The shoes were first seen on the runway at the 2007 Spring Ready-to-Wear show. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

L.A. Ink: Kat's Back

L.A. Ink, a kind of spin-off of TLC's popular "Miami Ink" premieres Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 10 p.m. The reality series stars 25-year-old Kat Von D, who's moved back to her home in Los Angeles to open her first shop, and the series examines the lives of the tattoo artists and the people they tattoo. Kat's tattoo team includes Chicago natives, Hanna Aitchison and Kim Saigh. Kat’s mentor and legendary tattoo artist Corey Miller rounds out the new crew.

Making appearances at L.A. Ink are actors Jesse Metcalf, Steve-O and Eric Balfour and members of the rock groups My Chemical Romance, Emerson Drive, Anthrax, Eagles of Death Metal and more.

Kat Chat
What is your favorite music?

Aside from the classical music I was raised on such as Beethoven, and Chopin, I would definitely call myself a metal head. I love all kinds of metal. Power metal, death metal, black metal, and straight up just metal. I'd have to say my fave bands range from HIM, Kent, and The Mars Volta to Ludwig Van Beethoven and Selena. Aside from hip hop, rap, and country, I'm down for whatever.

What is your favorite movie?

I LOVE movies, and am an avid movie goer! I love the process of going to see a movie. Choosing a movie, and then seating, tearing your ticket stub, watching the movie and then talking about your thoughts on the movie. I love the opportunity to escape reality, even if it's only for two hours. My faves include anything with Will Ferrell and Anna Farris. I love comedies, but not nearly as much as romantic movies. Other than Spinal Tap, Immortal Beloved and The English Patient, I love Zoolander, Super Troopers and Bring It On. Cheesy, I know.

What is your favorite tattoo on your body and what does it symbolize?

My fave tattoo that I have are the stars on my left temple (that includes the stars on my left eye lid). I've always been a Motley Crue fan. The band's first album, Too Fast For Love was so raw and powerful, that till this day, it's my fave Crue album. The song Starry Eyes is the only song on the first album to feature a gong, and the cheesiest lyrics ever. I loved that song enough to get the stars on my face. Thank god for cheesy.

What's your horoscope sign?

PISCES

What is the best vacation you ever took?

I work too much to ever take one. How sad.

What are the top 5 things in your life that you couldn't live without?

1. Family
2. Tattooing
3. Music
4. Romance
5. Tequila

If you only had 1 meal left to eat, what would you choose?

MEXICAN! duh!

Where are you from?

My parents are from Argentina. They were both missionaries for the church, bringing them to Monterey, Mexico, where I was born. My sister and brother were born there too. In 1986, when I was four, we moved to Southern California where I was raised. I consider LA my home. Prison can be your home if you have the key.

When did you first start drawing and tattooing?

I've been drawing ever since I can remember. My mom actually saved all my drawing and sketches since before I can remember. Once I was 12, I started hanging with the "wrong" crowd. Many of these punk rock kids had tattoos and that always interested me. I did my first tattoo at the age of 14 and once I turned 16, got hired at a professional tattoo shop. There I had to unlearn a lot of things I would have known had I had a traditional apprenticeship.

Where do you get your inspiration from?

My biggest inspiration comes from LOVE. It's the biggest inspiration on the planet for me. It's MY higher power. Other places I get inspiration are my family, my heritage, my music, and everything else including MY CITY (Los Angeles). These are my biggest influences in all aspects of life including the way I dress, paint, draw, tattoo, talk, style my cars and the music I listen to.

Name some artists that inspire you.

Aside from the great masters which are obvious - Da Vinci and Michelangelo - first and foremost is the artist Carvaggio. I am also inspired by modern day painters Michael Hussar and Shawn Barber. As far as tattooers go, Kore Flatmo will always be my hero, mentor and dear friend. I think I'd sell my soul to have one tenth of the talent in his pinky finger.

What's the last book you read?

Beethoven, As I Knew Him by Schindler. Schindler was Beethoven's only friend before he passed. This book was the ONLY biography on Beethoven written by someone who actually knew him. Because of my piano playing I have become quite obsessed with not only Beethoven's music, but his life, especially the hopeless romantic aspect of it.

Is there a charity you'd like to get involved with?

Anything Latino related or anti-drunk driving.

What were your first thoughts when TLC approached you about being on LA INK?

I never wanted to be on TV, but felt an obligation, not as a someone who was driven by money or status, but as a tattooer who honestly and sincerely loves tattooing. If I didn't take this opportunity, someone else would. For me, the thought of a mediocre female tattooer representing everything I love and worked for since I was 14 years old, was blasphemy, and did not sit well with me. This was my opportunity to show tattooing in a positive light, and give it all I have.



Kat Von D, 25, was one of the featured artists on the first two seasons of Miami Ink, which has traveled the globe, airing in many countries including Japan, Australia, Brazil and England. TLC's season two finale, which aired on May 8th was watched by over 3,000,000 people. Kat specializes in fine-line, black & gray style life-like portraits. In more than a decade of being a professional tattoo artist she has amassed a devout following including over 435,000 friends on her myspace.com page and thousands more checking her out at TLC.com/LA-Ink. In addition, many celebrities, athletes and entertainers seek out her services such as Jackass' Bam Margera, Steve-O and Ryan Dunn, Slayer, My Chemical Romance, Guns N Roses, Green Day, The Mars Volta, Eve and Mira Sorvino.

How To Lose A Bad 'Do in 10 Days Take a Cue and Get a Clue with LA-Based Hair Expert Rachel Lindy


(BeansTalk note: As we begin to see heinous grey hairs suddenly emerging from our once single-toned dark hair, we examine the possibilities. Could Rachel Lindy be the one to save us from looking like the senior we so don't want to be?)

LA-based hair colorist and expert Rachel Lindy from the Mathis Murphy Salon has seen it all when it comes to hair (especially being in Venice Beach!). Lindy's most common summer-hair victims: The Sun-aholic and the Bleach-orexic—beach bunnies in some serious need for hair therapy from Lindy.

Lindy's tips revitalize luscious locks after a summer beating of bleach, salt water, and sun. Time to get great hair back in time for Fall.



The Sun-aholic spent nearly every day in the shining sun, which has caused hair to dry out and become brittle. Lindy suggests using the following for ten days straight:



AT NIGHT: Use the Ojon Balm that is made from palm nut. "I swear by this product," Lindy states, "Before you go to bed, put the balm in your palm, run fingers through hair, go to sleep, and wash it out first thing the next morning." Make this a new hair ritual for ten nights and hair will be primed and moisturized for fall.



DURING DAY: Use the conditioning treatment from Davines. Lindy says, "I use the Nou Nou treatment pack on freshly shampooed hair under the dryer for 10 min. It works wonders. They reinvented the wheel w/this one."





Lindy believes anyone can have great hair in ten days, "Something anyone can do at home and is less expensive than everything else is to get Jojoba oil from the health food store and apply it to dry hair, sleep with it in the hair for 10 days in a row. It will restore the hair's moisture naturally and give it life and shine once again."



The Bleach-orexic would obsessively get new highlights over the summer, but now wishes and hopes for a richer, fall color… Lindy suggests:



Request a conditioning color gloss at your next trip to the salon. At Lindy's Mathis Murphy Salon in Venice Beach, her conditioning gloss (color and clear) is a staple treatment for all clients who want to liven up hair quickly. If hair-happy clients want to take it to the extreme, get a gloss treatment every ten days until satisfied.



To freshen up bleached out highlights, Lindy puts in a few lowlights that are only 2 shades darker than highlights. She then puts her signature gloss all over the whole thing to soften the hair color and texture. The lowlights make the highlights pop. If the pockets will allow, go back after the first ten days of living with the lowlights and get a few more…making an easy transition into an Autumn-look.

Lindy is the owner of the Mathis Murphy Salon in Venice Beach, CA. Lindy has been in the hair industry for more 15 years and has done everyone's hair in Hollywood from Brooke Shields to Carmen Electra. www.mathismurphysalon.com



On Lindy:



After several years of working under someone else's scissors, if you will, this tell-it-like-it-is stylist needed some new digs...her own. Lindy got brave and opened up her very own salon with best friend and hair-trimming partner in crime Kyle Mathis. Tucked away on the eclectic and almost anti-tourist Abbot Kinney Boulevard, the Mathis Murphy Salon is the newest kid on the block...just shy of it's 7th month anniversary. Ambiance: light, airy, go-with-the flow vibe with a refreshing taste of authenticity from every genuine smile in the salon (makes you forget you're even in LA).



The coolest tunes are bouncing on a low level volume in the background. Have your choice of red or white wine, and then sit down for a surprisingly serious discussion about your hair. One thing is certain: the Venice Beach "energy" of the Mathis Murphy Salon might be mellow, but a customer's head of hair is to be taken very seriously. Lindy provides an open-communication, hair therapy session prior to applying color--find out if you speak the same "color language" if you will. Lindy knows that one person's "honey blonde" could be another person's "platinum," so being on the same page is key--no room for hair...er...rather error, no mix-ups, and absolutely no blonde moments allowed.

Viva la Violet!



Hey, it worked for Prince....Giving a nod to royalty of every century, purple tones have made a comeback as fall’s must-have color of the season. With hues ranging from lovely light violet to fancy fuchsia, this versatile shade will make you look and feel like a queen.



Nails:

Its time to make the leap to bolder, brighter colors that will perfectly transition your summer casuals to fun fall favorites. Newly crowned Shades by Barielle in Razz Berry, opalescent deep fuchsia, and old favorites like Mysterious (see image above), opaque light violet, and Expressive (see image above), opaque soft violet, are a divine right for flawless chic nails. www.barrielle.com

Price: $8.00




Eyes:

To achieve perfect eyes that will be the envy of every court Red Earth’s Illusion Lights Eye Shadows will take the throne. In ultra smooth, bendable colors, these purple pigments are sure to bring brightness to faded fall colors. www.redearth.com

Price: $14.50



Lashes:

Dare to be different with Red Earth 2V Mascara in Purple. It will give your lashes enough umph for a sultry evening look and a blast of color to emphasize and brighten your eyes. This smudge-proof pro-vitamin formula will stay put long after your carriage has turned back into pumpkins. www.redearth.com

Price: $13.00

Bean, Bean, Bean

Beans Around the Net

As you might have guessed, we at BeansTalk love Bean, aka HRH/The Chairman of the Board. On the way home from an assignment in San Diego for our day job, we came across The Nautical Bean in Oceanside and it’s gotten us thinking about all things Bean (other than our great love).

So today, something different. A look at some Bean sites around the world online. Since we live in So Cal, we’ve obviously been to The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, but we’ve also been to The Sensuous Bean (it tops the list) in NYC. We won’t go so far as to say we’ll soon hit every stop on the list, but maybe someday we’ll visit a few.

Go Bean.